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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17

Mr.. Z. II. Johnson, one Of our dele
gates TO the territorial legislature,
returns with his affections still lean.
ing TO his home and to the friends
that sent him as their chosen repre-
sentative. He says in conversation
that although Helena 10 indeed q
large and thriving town aud has ad /.
vantage over other towns in Montana,
yet lie still believes in the future of
Miles and that in the coming year or
80 we will again see the town "a bill
ing" We fully concur In Mr.. John
sons opinion, and have only 10 refer
to the histories Of towns similar to
ours, which show in the end o steady
and natural growth. Mr.. johnson
returns with q reputation of sterlinx
worth, which he has gained by hard
work In both the house and committee
rooms. Taken altogether Custer couu.
ty has been very well served by her
esentatives.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17

excuses modestly prevail against the
desires Of the public. So far rs the
JOURNAL Is concerned We have no
preferences save In the line indicated
by this article. The candidates who
fill the bill in this regard will get our
hearty and undivided support. We
cay therefore to the citizens. sink all
party and personal prejudioes and
combine on ticket that will guaran.
tee an equal distribution OF the expen.
ses Of city government, q policy that
will advertise Miles City abroad. and
. wise. careful and economical admin
istration Of our affairs and we are
with you.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17

thousand dollars in value. cemeter-
les, growing crops, mines and mining
claims, except patented mining
ground, the surface OF which 10 TO be
taxed as other mining ground. All
machinery and improvements. build
ings, ETC., Of mines shall be subject to
taxation. Tools Of mechanics, mining
tools, libraries, household furniture 70
the value Of $3.50 are exempt. Calves
under eight months old are exempt.
Sec. 4. All property, both real and
personal, shall be taxed.
Sec. 5. Guardians shall list property
Of their wards.
Sec. 8. Personal property to be
listed where 1t may be found. Prop
erty In transit not to be taxed.
Sec. 7 Property listed for another
must be on separate list.
Sec. y. Property Of railroad and
other corporations 10 be taxed in
county where improvements are. Sec
retary of corporations required to file,
In each county their property is In. q
statement under oath of such
property.
Sec. 8. Property to be assessed ct
true money value at private ssls.
Sec. 10. Notes, stocks and shares
taxed at cash value.
Sec. IL. Defines terms of credit.
Sec. IL. Stockholders Of banks to
be taxed on their stock, less value of
real estate of bank.
Sec. l3. County clerk shall keep
record Of all real property for assess-
ment, with names of owners.
Secs. IA to %. Assessor duties.
See. %. Commissioners TO correct
assessment.
Secs. %, "a, 25. Clerk to make out
the tax list.
Sec. 25. County clerk to take alb
stract for auditor Of the territory.
Secs. q. 2s. Duties of county treas
urers.
Secs. % to AZ. Delinquent taxes.
Sec. As. County treasurers shall
turn over TO territorial treasurer,
every three months, the moneys due
the territory.
Sec. so. County treasurers to be
collectors Of taxes.
Sec. 81. Mine owners to file state
ment OF gross yield Of mine the first Of
August of each year, and such net
proceeds are to be taxed as are left
after necessary expenses are taken
from gross output.
Sec. 56. Transferring moneys from
one county fund to another is pro-
hibited.
Sec. 81. Before September Let of
each year land grant railroads shall
furnish certified list of all land in
the territory belonging TO them that
have been sold or contracted for 10 the
territorial auditor, and the auditor
shall certify to each county clerk the
lands sold In their respective counties,
that they may be taxed 10 the parties
who bought them from ths railroad.
Sec. 5s. County clerks shall pro-
cure from the United States land Office
lists Of lands on which final proof has
been made, and enter the same on the
real estate assessment record.
Sec. So and 90. Repeating clauses.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17
The Mule. O Mherr isHaa

o! were you ever q rowing elfg
And did you ever feel, A burning
thirst within yourself, A step not true
rs steel. And did you eve scollop
around With blank and vacant
stare ? As that elf you fastened to sur.
round Amongst those alleys bare.
And did you In those alleys bare
Play hide-and-seek for himg And
every time that mule would flare. OF
golly bow you'd. Cwhir.r-r-r.l At
this stage Of the composition the
poetical machine ~ well ~ the chain
becoming. broken, we leave the fate
Of the mule TO the Imagination OF our
readers.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17
AN ACT
To Provide for the Levy Of Taxes and As
sessment OF Property.

To Provide for the Levy Of Taxes and As
sessment OF Property.
Sec. l. Tax for territorial purposes
two mills. County purposes not 10
exceed sixteen mills. For school pur-
poses not less than two nor more than
five mills. Poor not less than one nor
more than five mills. Commissioners
rs board OF equalization % levy tax.
Tax OF two dollars on each male per.
son over q years Of age, TO be set aparl
rs poor fund.
Sec. 2. All taxes made lien.
Sec. 8. All property taxable found
In county from January lst to Decem
Der lst, ensuing, except property o
municipal, county. territorial or U. s.
governments; alec public asylums
charitable or benevolent institutions
churches and land not exceeding ten
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17
RECAPITUL ALTON.

RECAPITUL ALTON.
Bills Introduced at the Extraordinary ses
son Of the Legislature which Have He
come Laws.
OF the thirty-nine measures intro.
duced In the house fourteen were pass
ed and approved by the governor, q
follows:
H. b. No. 2-The new revenue law
II. B. No. 3-amending the law In
reference to fees of county recorders.
II. B. No. 4-Regulating trial prac
tise in district courts in relation to ex
ceptions and instruction.
H. b. No. 6-To create the Office Of
attorney general.
II. b. No. J. concerning the qualifi
cation Of voters in incorporated towns
and cities.
ii. b. No. s-The license law.
II. B. No. 9-Amending the lieu
law.
II. B. No. l2-Authorizing citie,
and towns to incur certain indebted
ness.
H. b. No. l3-Amending the law
relating to the formation Of munici.
pal interpretations.
ii. b. No. l4-Increasing the terms
OF county assessors.
II. b. No. l5-Creating school text
book commission.
II. b. No. 24-Concerning the re-
cording of marks and brands.
II. b. No. 32-Relative to the chang.
ing of fees of executors and admins.
traitors.
III. b. No. 39-Repesling the entire
bounty law.
Out Of twenty.eight bills originating
In the council twelve were passed and
approved as follows:
c. B. No. 1-Introduced oy Rick
ards; to punish interference with rail
road tHcks; Furnishes efforts to throw
trains from track with five years In
the penitentisry; II death results from
such attempt, the crime is punishable
by hanging.
G. b. No. 2-Introduced by Holli
day; to spportion members for the ter
ritorial council for the counties Fergu,
Meagher. Park and Gsllstin; amended
in the house, making Gallatin and
Mesgher one joint district.
c. b. No. 3-Introduced by Collins
to create the county of Cascade and to
attach part of Fergus to Meagher.
C.B.No. 4-Introduced by Hundley;
defining disturbance Of the pc ace.
G. B. No. 5-Iutroduced by Rick
ards; amending the law concerning
the storage of gunpowder.
C. b. No. s-Introduced by Suther-
lin; 10 amend the law to prevent and
suppress ithe dissemination Of conta-
gious diseases, Increases the tax TO
one and half mills and makes some
other amendments.
G. B. No. lO-Introduced by Ken.
nedy; amending the marriage license
law; substitute prepared in the house
and passed.
C. B. No. ll-providing for the
transfer Of certain mining and other
records from Gallatin county TO the
county Of Park:
C.B. No. l6-Introduced by Bur-
leigh; relating to motions for new
trials.
C. b. No. l7-Increasing salary Of
district court stenographers to 81 500
and five cents per folio.
c. B.No. l9-Introduced by Suth.
erlin; amending the lag 10 encourage
tree planting and arbiorculture, makes
the third Tuesday in April Arbor
Day.
c. B. No. 2s-relieving county at
torneys from attendanc on the su.
preme court.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17

An African arrow poison, sucphan-
thus, proves 10 be . powerful tonic u
diseases Of the heart, and The pred,cf!cu
Il made that Il win supenede digitalhs
Its properties were first brought 10 noeace
Nv Professor Fraser, Of Edinburgh -
ve.ity.-Arhrnnw Travels.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-09-17
sOCIETIEs.

A. o. H.-Division No. meets hrst aad soeond
Sundays Of each month.
X. OF H.-Mests hrst and third Wednesdays al
7:s0p. m,, at Odd Fellows Hall.
AT. IA. M.-Yellowstone Lodge, No. 26, hf,t
and third Wednesdays.
r. A. M.-Yellowstone Chapter. No. o, second
and fourth Saturdays.
K 'T-DahAscus 0ommsndery, second and
fourth Thursdays.
l. v. U. F.-Custer Lodge, No. 49, every
Monday Al their hall.
100. F.-sentinsl Eneampment, No. 6, nrst
and third Friday.
X Of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. Z, Thursday
evenings at Odd Fellows Hall
c. X. Of A.-Miles City Branch, every sunday at
X. Of L.-First and third Fridays.
@. A. R-U. 5. Grant Post, No. IA, fret and
third Tuesdays,
10. o. T.--stsr Of the West, No. "a, every
Thursday evening.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-30

in the custody of the civil authorities, and was
nearly liberated on $3.50 bail. Miss White.
who declines to make any statement against
lr. crawford, appears 10 be nearer eighteen
than fourteen years of age, and is well-known
in the city. DIR. Albert G. White of Baltimore,
the brother of the girl in the case, gave a full
history Of the case to-day, as follows:
The first intimation l had that anything was
wrong, was in a letter received from q friend
while was in Baltimore. He said thai if l
came here was to be very careful: that some
man would kill me if he got a chance. / didn't
20 me that all was not right with my sister. a
little girl just Is years old. At first ! did not
believe them bui ffna' ly they got so strong that
came here 10 investigate. When | arrived
began questioning people who might possibly
give me some information. Each one would
else. and so II continued until made mp my
mind that the best thing to do was TO make the
acquaintance of DR.. Crawford, the man said to
be the cause of the trouble. l assumed the name
of Brown, made Crawford's acquaintance, and
stayed with him for six hours and a
every word of his hellish work. Once.
when we were in saloon he had me so worked
up that made up my mind as three men came
into drink, that if their drinks cost more than
20 cents would kill him. If they cost % cents
or less, would let the law take its course i
put my hand on my pistol and waited anxiously
TO hear what they would call for. Tha first
asked for beer, the second for lemonade and the
third for beer. and DIR. Crawford can thank God
and that man that didn't call for whisky
DO you think DR.. Crawford Will be convicted
and punished?' asked the reporter
How can any man do what this hound has done
and not be convicted? As for the punishment
If he is not punished by the Court | will kill
him before he leaves the Courtroom
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Ventilation Versus Consumption.

The great anatomist, Langenbeck, after
tremendous exploration of smallpox
cadavera, wrote: speaking only of my
primary object, / must confess that | am
no wiser than before But, though the
mystery ofsmall-pox has eluded my search,
my lahors have not been in vain; they
have revealed to me something else-the
origin of consumption. | am sure now of
what | suspected long ago-viz. that pull
monary diseases are nearly exclusively
(if we except tuberculous tendencies in
herited from both parents, say quite ex-
clusively) produced by the breathing OF
foul air. The lungs of all persons.
minors included, who had worked for
some years in close workshops and dusty
factories, showed the germs of the
fatal disease; while even confirmed
lnebriates who had passed their
days in open air lad preserved their
respiratory organs intact, whatever inroads
their excuses had made on the rest of their
system. If l should go into practice, and
undertake the cure of a consumptive,
should begin by driving him out into the
Deister Ga densely-wooded mountain range
of Hanover) and prevent him from enter
ing house for year or two;" precisely
which treatment, as we noted in the Saai-
tdry Era lately, has since been practiced
by German physician, with marvellous
success. But it is quite possible to make
the air of houses as pure and fresh as the
Deister, or more SO, and it is the only thing
that will put indoor people Including wo-
men, who are practically everybody in the
end on equal terms of health with out
door people.-Sdmtaly Era
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The Reptile Kingdom.

The tortoises are estimated by Hoffman
to number somewhat more than $50
species. Their home is in the tropic and
temperate regions, their northern limit
being the fiftieth or tifty-fifth parallel.
About forty species are found in the United
States, and only FIVE in Europe. The ele-
phant turtle attains a weight of 500
pounds, while a fossil tortoise of India ap-
pears TO have been not less than fifteen or
twenty feet long. The lizards are esti-
mated by Gunther to embrace about 200
species, chiefly confined tothe hot portions
of the earth, and comparatively seldom
passing the fartieth parallel. The serpents
or snakes, like all other reptiles. are NEST
numerous in the tropics, and rapidly di-
nlinlsh toward either pole. 1t NAV be
safely assumed that considerably mere than
LOCO species are known to naturslists. of
which nearly hak are found in British and
Farther India and the East Indian Archi-
pelage. Some $50 species inhabit North
America north of Mexico The croe,diles
and aliigators include only some p .lore
or less well-tleined species, of the tropics
and sub-tropics Two species enter the
United States. The crocodiles date from
an early geological period, and no less than
forty fossil species are found in British
strata alone. An anciesSt species of India
must have attained length of fifty or
sixty feet.
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Iightning-Rods superior to Exc

More and more, the "Prince of the
power of the air retreated before the
lightning-rod of Franklin. The older
church, while clinging to the old theory
theoretically, was finally obliged to confess
the supremacy of Franklin's theory
practically; for his lightning-rod did
what exorcisms, and holy water, and pro-
| cessions, and the Agnus Del and the ring
ing of church bells, and the rack, and the
burning Of witches, had failed to do.
This was clearly seen, even by the poorest
peasants in Eastern France, when they
observed that the grand spire of Strasburg
Cathedral, which neither the sacredness of
the place nor the bells within it, nor the
holy water and relics beneath it, could
protect from frequent injuries by lightning.
was one and for all protected by Franklin's
rod. Then came into the minds of multi.
| tudes the answer to the question which
had exercised for ages the leading theo-
logical minds of Europe, namely, "Why
should the Almighty strike his own con-
secrated temples, or suffer Satan to strike
them ~
Yet even this practical solution of the
great question was not received without
opposition. The first ightning-conductor
upon church in England was not put up
until 1862, ten years after Franklin's dis
covery, The spire of st. Brides church
in London was greatly injured by light
ming in 100, and in 1894 a storm SO
wrecked its masonry that it had to be
mainly rebuilt; yet for years after this
the authorities refused to attach light
| ning-rod. The Protestant Cathedral of
st. PauPs in London was not protected
until sixteen years after Franklin's dis
| covery, and the tower of the great Protest
| ant church at Hamburg not until year
later still. As late as 1888 it was declared
| In Germany, on excellent authority, that
within space of thirty-three years nearly
400 towers had been damaged and 40
bell-ripgers killed.
In Roman Catholic countries similar
prejudice was shown, and its cost at times
was heavy. In Austria the church OF
Rosenberg, in the mountains of Carinthia,
was struck 50 frequently, and with such
| loss of life, that the peasants feared at last
to attend service. Three times was the
spire rebuilt, and it was not until 1855
twenty-six years after Franklin's discov-
| ery-that the authorities permitted rod
to be attached. Then all trouble ceased.-
Professor Andrer d. White
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Watch the Insects.

Injurious insects demand attention
throughout the summer months Look
for the borers near the base of young fruit
trees; if saw dust is seen to drop from a
hole in the bark, or if portion of the
bark is seen to be depressed, cut out the
borer. If the leaves of currants and goose
berries are eaten by ''the worm,' apply
white hellebore at once. Stir tablespoon
full of the powder in pailfuI of water and
apply with Il syringe. Repeat this after a
few days. If later broods appear continue
the remedy, which is very certain one.
The greenish sling slug, which appears
upon the leaves of cherry, pear and other
trees, may be destroyed by applying air
slaked lime or wood ashes This may be
busted upon the leaves by means of a bag
of coarse fabric attached to pole. The
insects attacking the grapevine this month
are mainly large caterpillars, which are
most readily picked by hand the so-called
thrips," which is properly the "grape-
vine leaf hopper" and not related TO the
true thrips Ii is little whiteish insect
which often rises in clouds when the vines
are disturbed. The best treatment is to
90 among the vines with torches, gently
beating them to disturb the insects, which
will at once fly towards the light The
first appearance of grayisb spots on the un-
dersides of the vine indicates mildew, and
flowers Of sulphur should be applied with
bellows made for the purpose. Whenever
pear trees are attacked by blight, which
comes without warning, cut away every
blighted portion and burn it.-American
4gricuitarist
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Alleged Foreery by a Woman.
A Word to the Girls.

Girls, whatever else you may do, do not
marry drunkard.
No matter how deeply in love you may
fancy yourself to be, do not marry man
who drinks intoxicating liquors
1t is much better to be an old maid, and
miss the desired Mrs. from your tomb
stone. 1t is better to so on through life
single and alone, to keep cat, and make
aprons for the heather children than to be
a drunkard's wife.
Young men addicted to taking glass
now and then viii doubtless laugh at YOU
if you call their habit vice. or hint that
it is anywise dangerous. They assure you
in lordly way that they know what they
are about. They wonder what you take
them for. Haven't they control enough
over themselves 10 take social glass now
and then, and stop there? Why, you
talk as though they were common drunk
ards !
And so they are liable to become. There
is no safety in playing with poison. He
who touches pitch must be defiied. The
first glass makes room for the second. The
appetite for strong drink grows with what
it is fed upon. The man who drinks a
glass of brandy or whisky TODAY win want
another tomorrow. If he is not strong
enough to abstain from the first glass how
is he to put away the second
Young woman, beware of him Shun
him rs you would one infected with the
plague.
Oh, young girls fair and pure and low
ing, think of what lies before YOU! Think
of the moral contamination, the miserable
degradation which hang around the drunk
| ard, and forswear the young man who
| drinks
| Smile no more upon the deadly sin OF
wine-drinking Scorn it Never give
its practice your sanction in ever so remote
| degree.
Oh, that the women Of our nation would
turn their faces, as one woman. eternallv
| from the man who drinksl Oh, that the
mothers would close the doors of their
houses against the wine-drinking young
man as against the leper, and let society
understand that no embryo drunkard will
be received as honored and respected into
its ranks.
Call us radical, or fanatical if you will
1t matters not we are bound to the belief
born with us, that no man is safe who
takes the first glass of liquor, For if he
takes the first glass he may want the sec.
ond, but il he never takes the first he can
not take the second
Again we say to you, Young girls, be-
warel No matter how handsome, or fas-
clnatlng, or wealthy man may be--if he
drinks. turn away from him, and save
yourself from becoming that most misera-
bic of all women-a drunkard's wife =
Kate Thorn
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FoLlrESEss WELL READ. = On a
crowded East Boston horse-ear the other
evening, the seats OF which SSere nearly
all occupied By slen, cutting rebuke an
swered by neat compliment gas over
heard. Shortly after the car left the ferry
there got aboard young lady. whose
Fsllid and careworn face marked her as an
insahdS None of those having a seat AT
thesr disposal deigned TO offer seat 10 the
one rho seemed most in need of the rest-
ing place, till, at the further end OF the ear.
\ rougilly-dressed workingman, seeing her
plight, heckoned to her, and, res;gning his
seat in her behalf, said: There don't
seem, Mis-, to be any gentlemen on this
car 9 j beg your pardon, sir. ! am sure
there is one" she replied, gratefully, as
she accepted the seat-Boston Budoe,'